# Ancestor Simulation **Entity class:** Digital-afterlife concept **Domain:** Digital continuity / Artificial intelligence **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Ancestor simulation reconstructs an interactive model of a deceased or historical person from surviving language, images, audio, records, and contextual knowledge. ## Mechanism and significance The result may preserve behavioral resemblance or educational value without establishing identity, consciousness, consent, or literal continuity with the source person. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Generative Humans, Continuity, and Presence|Generative Humans, Continuity, and Presence]] - **Primary fields:** [[Digital Human Twin]] · [[Machine Succession]] · [[Posthumous Avatar]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Real-Person Authentication]] · [[Avatar Countermeasure]] · [[Historical Personality Reconstruction]] · [[Connectome Preservation]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.